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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Purple
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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originally denoted the "purple-fish," then, "purple dye" (extracted from certain shell fish): hence, "a purple garment," Mark 15:17,20; Luke 16:19; Revelation 18:12 .
"purple, a reddish purple," is used of the robe put in mockery on Christ, John 19:2,5; in Revelation 17:4 (in the best texts; some have No. 1); 18:16, as a noun (with himation, "a garment," understood).
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Purple'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/p/purple.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Purple'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/p/purple.html. 1940.
